Maid Steals Employer’s N40m Jewellery For Fraudsters

A 23-year old housemaid, Rita Emmanuel, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly stealing her employer’s jewellery valued at N40 million on Victoria Island, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

Rita, an indigene of Calabar, Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, allegedly admitted to the police that she stole the jewellery and handed them over to a fraudster who promised to make sacrifice for her to solve her family problems and enable her marry a white man that would take her abroad.

The housemaid was arrested following a complaint lodged by Mrs. Adaeze Nwuba to the police at Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos Island.